Conflict Erupts (Part Two)

After several seconds of silence, he finally spoke in a voice so low it barely rose from his throat.

"What do we do?"

"Take them out, of course!"

"Take them out?"

Anben Shili froze, then said, "We tried that before, but those bastards are too good at dodging. We couldn't find an opening."

Minami merely glanced at him. His tone stayed flat, but his words carried a chilling implication.

"You couldn't find an opening because you were holding back. If that's the problem, stop holding back altogether."

"Stop holding back altogether?"

Anben Shili frowned, puzzled for a moment.

Then something seemed to click. His eyes lit up, and excitement mingled with malice in his voice.

"Huh?"

"You mean, next time...?"

A vicious grin spread across Anben Shili's face, wiping away his earlier anger.

"Haha, I get it!"

The other Toyotama High players froze when they heard the exchange. Then they caught the disturbing meaning behind it.

Itakura Daijiro was the first to react. His disappointment vanished beneath a savage grin, his mouth stretching wide as he spoke with eager impatience.

"Heh. We should've done that from the start."

A cold smile slowly curved Shiyu Jingping's lips. An odd light flickered in his eyes, and anticipation colored his voice.

"They've been strutting around long enough, and they've built up quite a lead. Time to teach them a lesson."

"They dodged every time we tried to steal the ball before. It won't be so easy this time."

Yanda Sanqiu's face twisted with malice as he fixed his gaze on Yu Zhu across the court.

"Leave Yu Zhu to me. I'll handle him myself!"

The whistle blew. The timeout was over, and play resumed.

Toyotama High had possession. Itakura Daijiro brought the ball upcourt with a steady dribble that looked no different from